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The Big Bang Theory S1 E15, “The Porkchop Indeterminacy”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Leonard, Wolowitz, and Koothrappali all become smitten with Sheldon's twin sister, Leonard devises a plan to eliminate his rivals, however, it backfires when Sheldon declares he will decide whom his sister dates.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Nudity & bodies (1); Swearing (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 6 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S1 E15:
- Sheldon
Am I? Here. Eat this cheese without farting and you can sleep with my sister.
- Missy
Okay. I’m not even going to ask why you’re pimping me out for cheese. But since when do you care at all about who I sleep with?
- Missy
But you try one time to tell me who I should be sleeping with, and you and I are going to go round and round the way we did when we were little.
- Sheldon
You donate eggs. We will place them in cryogenic storage. I will find an appropriate sperm donor for your eggs, have them fertilized and implanted in you, that way everybody wins.
- Missy
The sex book?
- Raj
The Indian sex book. In other words if you wonder wonder who wrote the book of love, it was us.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S1 E15:
- Penny (knocking and entering, holding up a pair of superman undershorts.): Hey, Leonard, you left your underwear in the dryer downstairs.
Swearing 2 moments
How Swearing shows up in The Big Bang Theory S1 E15:
- Leonard
Stay down, bitch. Yeah, ha ha, natural selection at work.
- Howard
Oh, you poor, deluded bastard.
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